Rishton Consulting
Skills
| skill | level | gained in what environment? |
| Management | Expert | Corporate |
| IT Consultancy | Expert | Corporate |
| Project Management | Expert | Corporate |
| ERP | Expert | Corporate |
| Service Management | Expert | Corporate |
Experience
Rishton Consulting provides its clients with project management, service management and consultancy services tailored to their requirements to deliver the business benefits of IT solutions. We have experience within the IT departments of blue chip corporations, technology and business services companies and central government. We cover the full project life cycle, the transition to and post implementation support and individual client needs including: - Project Management using structured methodologies including Prince2 - Project governance, risk, quality and change management - Business requirements and financial justification - Business process analysis and improvement - System and business acceptance testing strategy, planning and execution - End user training and education - System implementation, integration, migration, support and upgrades - Service Management, service readiness, service reviews and service level agreements - Management of client and external resources and third party suppliers We specialise in the selection, implementation, upgrade and support of accounting packages including general ledger, accounts payable, procurement, fixed assets and HR and payroll. For more information on how we can help your business or your clients please click on the contact icon above. For more details of some of the work we have done for our clients click the Portfolio icon above. Summary of Director's Resume An experienced customer facing IT professional with significant expertise as a project manager, service manager and a consultant delivering IT solutions to time and budget. Over 20 years experience in a variety of roles within the IT departments of blue chip corporations, for clients of an IT technology and business services company and as an IT contractor covering the full project development life cycle and post implementation support. A strong background in all aspects of the implementation, upgrade and support of large accounting packages including general ledger, accounts payable, purchasing, fixed assets and HR and payroll. > Project Management using structured methodologies including Prince2 and MS Project & PMW tools > Service Management > Change and Stakeholder Management > Management of internal, external resources and third party suppliers > Business requirements and financial justification > Translation of business requirements into functional specifications > Business process analysis and improvement, design and workflow, gap analysis > System and user acceptance testing strategy, planning, scripts, execution and support > End user training and education > Implementation, migration, integration, support and upgrade of systems > Financial accounting applications and consultancy Oracle, PeopleSoft, Walker > General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Purchasing, Fixed Assets > HRMS and Payroll, PeopleSoft and Rebus > Windows, IBM Mainframe and UNIX environments
Portfolio
Central Government
Project manager and consultant for a central government client on a project to develop and implement a new system to enable the entry of expense claims for magistrates. Project initiation, selection of third party suppliers for development, hosting and application support. Project planning and control, management of project budget, risks and client and third party resources on the project, member of the project board.
skills used: Project Management, IT Consultancy
Central Government
Project manager and consultant for a central government client on a project to comply with the Inland Revenue requirement to file payroll end of year returns through EDI. Project initiation, selection of third party supplier, project planning and control, management of project budget, risks and client and third party resources on the project, member of the project board.
skills used: Project Management, IT Consultancy
Central Government
Project manager for a central government client on a project to migrate an outsourced payroll and HR service to an in-house payroll and HR service following the merger of two government departments. Project initiation, project planning, risk management, budget and forecasting, management of client and third party resources on the project, member of the project board.
skills used: Project Management, ERP, IT Consultancy
Work Flexibility
| location flexibility | length of contract |
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Within Reading. Within South East. Within United Kingdom. |
Weeks. Months. Years. |